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MAIN IMAGE Tiger’s Nest Monastery, perched on a cliff
BELOW (left to right) Village houses between Thimphu and
Wangdi; a procession at Paro Dzong Monastery; on the trail, Bhutan

4 MORE TREKKING TRAILS
TO RIVAL CHIANG MAI

HIGH ATLAS MOUNTAINS, MOROCCO As you hike from
one Berber village to the next, you’ll pass grazing sheep, and
find rarely visited valleys and remote mountain trails.

THE COORG, KARNATAKA, INDIA The Western Ghat
mountains combine jungle flora and cascading waterfalls with
coffee and tobacco plantations. Local festivals, tantalizing food,
and historic shrines complete a memorable experience.
SINAI DESERT, EGYPT Travel through this unforgiving
wilderness with a Bedouin guide who will find sinuous
canyons and hidden springs in an otherwise barren landscape.
In the evening, share a camp with local Bedouin goat herders.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA The steep tracks and dense jungles
make for challenging trekking, and this is one of the last places
on earth where you can meet primitive tribes who still
maintain stone-age lifestyle and use tools made from bone
and stone. Best undertaken with an experienced local operator.

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